I'll be starting mine soon! Looks like a great garden coming up.

May I ask where you got the seeds for the Green Echinacea and the Razmatazz? I winter sowed the Double Decker Echinacea a couple of years ago and the little decks showed-up last summer. Some look like funny hairdos on the echinacea. Too cute!

This is what I've sown so far..32 containers..

#1 - (pop bottle) : Callistephus - ÂBlue RibbonÂ, A, August-Frost, 8", Dark Purple
#2 - (pop bottle) : Crested Celosia - ÂCockscombÂ, P, early summer, 40-48" Pink/Red
#3 - (margarine tub) : Cerinthe - ÂPurple BellsÂ, A, Late Spring-Early Summer, 30", Purple/Blue
#4 - (milk jug) : Passion Flower - ÂPassiflora caeruleaÂ, A, July-Frost, 13 1/3', Pale green/Purple
#5 - (pop bottle) : Mesembryanthemum - ÂGelato RedÂ, A, Summer, 4", Pinks/Reds
#6 - (margarine tub) : Aztec Nicotiana (Jasmine) - ÂNicotiana alataÂ,A,Summer-Fall, 36-48",Light pink-White
#7 - (margarine tub) : Sweet William - ÂMixÂ,B, April-September, 18-24",Pinks/Reds/White
#8 - (margarine tub) : Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) - ÂBurgundyÂ,P, mid June-Frost, 24-36", Deep wine
#9 - (pop bottle) : DameÂs Rocket, P, May-August, 2-3', Purple
#10 - (pop bottle) : Foxglove, P, June-September, 2-4', Purple
#11 - (pop bottle) : Potentilla - ÂMiss WilmottÂ, P, early summer, 12", Color
#12 - (pop bottle) : Monarda - ÂRed Bee BalmÂ, P, June-August, 36", Red
#13 - (lg water bottle) : Butterfly Weed, P, June_September, 1-2', Orange
#14 - (Chinese take out dish) : Impatiens - ÂMixed F2 HybridÂ, A, June-Frost,9",Pinks
#15 - Giganteum Poppy, A, summer, 3-4', Lavender Pink
#16/#17 - Bread seed Poppy, A, late spring-early fall, 24-36", Red
#18 - Astilbe, P, summer, 18-24", Dark Pink
#19 - Basil genovese o commune, A, summer, 18-24", Green foliage
#20 - Salvia - ÂPurple RainÂ, P, June-October, 18", Deep Purple
#21 - Rose Campion, P, mid-summer, 2-3', Magenta Pink
#22 - Bells of Ireland, A, mid-late summer, 24-36", Lime Green
#23 - Turtlehead, P, late summer-early fall, 24-36", Purple
#24 & #25 - Papavier Somniferum - ÂPeony PoppyÂ, A, summer, HT, Black
#26 & #27 - Papavier Somniferum - ÂThailand PoppyÂ, A, summer, HT, Pink & White
#28 - Poppy - ÂOriental MixÂ, A, summer, HT, scarlets and oranges
#29- Papavier Somniferum - ÂBombast RedÂ, summer, HT, Red
#30- Foxgloves - ÂMixedÂ, BT, HT, Pinks, purples
#31 - Summer Pointsettia, BT, HT, ???
#32 - Dianthus - ÂKing of the BlacksÂ, BT, HT, Black

I still have some info to input in the last group of seeds I planted, I'll get to that, eventually.

Hey I did 10 more tonight!

#33 - Red Dianthus
#34 - Plum Dinner plate Hibiscus
#35 - Silver Dollar
#36 - Pink Verbena
#37 - Maltese Cross - Hot Pink
#38 - Cimicifuga Brunette
#39 - Peony Poppies - Pink/Purple Mix
#40 - Larkspur Delphinium
#41 - Balloon Flower Mix
#42 - Delosperma Stardust
And that's it for now.... :)

WMC - have you winter sown Simply Love before? I was afraid it was too delicate. I think I will try. Love this thread so then I get a feel for what's "safe".

Tiffy - you mentioned that you had wintersown the Double Decker Echinacea - did it bloom the first year? I've been wanting to try it but haven't found seed yet although I think I saw it in one of the seed catalogues. I'll have to check again. Just wondering how long it takes to bloom.
Judy

Well, I started some in mid-February with:

1 flat of Rudbeckia Goldsturm
1 flat of some light blue delphs and lemon catmint
(Has anyone grown Lemon Catmint before? I'm wondering if it is has the same growth habits as the other Nepetas.)

Yesterday I sowed a lettuce container each of:

Shasta Daisy's 'Alaska'
Unknown Trollius

This week looks like a good week to do some more WSing, as its supposed to stay mild for awhile.

20 bottles today! First time WS'ing - what a kick! :)

Since my last post I have WS these:

#43 - Pansy, Early Flowering Mix
#44 - Papavier Somniferum - ÂDrama QueenÂ
#45 - Papavier Somniferum - ÂTasmanianÂ
#46 - Lobelia - ÂCrystal PalaceÂ
#47 - Sweet Cicely
#48 - Phytolacca American ÂSilbersteinÂ
#49 - Humulus Lupulus - "Hops"
#50 - Love Lies Bleeding - "Velvet CurtainsÂ
#51 - Blue Flax
#52 - Foxglove - Candy Mountain
#53 - Purple Musk Mallow
#54 - Venidium - White Zulu
#55 & #56 - Carnation - ÂChabaud Giant MixÂ
#57 & #58 - Rock Cress - ÂPastel ShadesÂ
#59 - Aster - ÂSeptember RubyÂ
#60 - Sweet Pea - ÂEarly Flowering MixÂ
#61 - Lynchnis Flo Jovis ÂPeggyÂ
#62 - Chimaphila Umbellata
#63 - Alliums

Havin' fun in the dirt,
Trish

I have been sowing but not counting and I just realized that I've planted 37 containers of perennials. I plan to saw a few more (2nd year blooming ones) and then start my annnuals. Does anyone want some Echinacea "White Swan"? I have some left which I saved from a neighbour's garden, and a few Canna - Yellow Dwarf - which I picked up in China when were there in Jan. Just send me an e-mail.
Northerner.

Just this weekend I sowed:

Rudbeckia
Clematis  Radar Love
Shasta Daisy
Helenium Autumn Lollipop
Japanese Anemone
Purple Coneflower
Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum)
Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate (Polygonum Orientale)
Columbine (Aquilegia Flabellala Alba)
Columbine, Nora Black
Columbine (Aquilegia Spring Mix)
Columbine ??
Pansey Mix
Lavatera Ruby Regis Pink

The list of things I want to sow yet hasn't even been dented by this weekend. I will start annuals in a few weeks. I have a few more perennials to do before then though. I need to get more containers!

Northerner, I'd love some of your Yellow Dwarf Canna. Can these be wintersown or is springsown better? Please see my tade list... or I can send a SASE.

Lisa

Okay so for today I have sowed these:

Nicotiana - Hot Chocolate
Nicotiana - Perfume Purple
Dianthus Deltoides - Artic Fire
Sedum - Voodoo
Dianthus - Supra Purple
Nicotiana - Sylvestris
Hibiscus - Simply Love
Anemone - September Charm (this one is last year seed so not sure if it will work or not - have to try though).

Now off to take the kids to see matinee movie "Happy Feet".

Spring is almost here!!! :0)
Trish